Spring Showers.

We saw three fourths of an inch of rain with the system earlier this week.  That was a bit more than the forecast.  Almost all of it came overnight.  That was nice.  These storms are keeping the surf in decent shape, with the dreaded spring northwest flow not having a chance to develop.  We have already seen rain from the next system move in. Just a light drizzle so far, with very little accumulation (like a hundredth of an inch).  Rain should fill in today, and become more consistent by this evening.  The forecast has increased the precip amounts, and we are not looking over a half inch of rain tonight.  March is starting to look like another solid water producer, as the storms keep lining up.  Today will be cool, staying in the upper 50s.  Cloud cover keeps us in the low 40s overnight.  The storm clears out by morning, and we have a nice Saturday on tap.  With the addition of sunshine, we could see temps rise tot he low 60s.  With the addition of stars Saturday night, we could see those temps drop into the upper 30s. Sunday morning will be a crisp one.  Sunshine prevails, rounding out a nice, if cool weekend.  Add to that a solid late season NW swell, with decent local conditions, and this is looking like a great first weekend of spring.

Rain returns to the region on Monday. The different models are still all over the lace for the timing go the next systems.  The GFS has the next storm push a front across the region on Monday, bringing a decent bout of showers.  Probably in the half inch range.  Tuesday remain wet, but with very light showers ahead of the storm that pushes ashore on Wednesday.  We could see an inch or more with the center of the storm, with showers lasting into Thursday.  Timing is really hard to predict with these spring systems, as most of them are not connected to the jet stream.  The take away is that the last week of March is going to be wet, with up to a few inches possible.

It currently looks like that last weekend of March we will have a break in the storms.  The fantasy range models suggest more rain for the first week of April.  The wet season is not over yet.  You may be a little sad about that after experiencing the top notch weather we had a week ago.  The good news is none of these storms look that strong or wet, and they all have a short break in between systems.  In the mean time, get outside this weekend and hit the water or the trails.  Make the most of that sunshine.  And the waterfalls are still in form, and will get a solid boost from tonights rain.